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In 1917, ownership of the paper changed to Iliffe's son Edward Iliffe (later 1st Baron Iliffe), upon the father's death. The only day the newspaper was unable to publish was 15 November 1940, owing to the blitz raid on the city. It changed its name to the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 17 November 1941. [2]
[19] – Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1940. Grindlay was a Methodist and while living in Foleshill, was an active member of the Free Methodist Church on Station Street West, formerly Carpenter's Lane, and held all of the posts that were open to laymen. [30]
Iliffe was the son of William Isaac Iliffe (1843–1917), a printer and Justice of the Peace, of Allesley near Coventry. His father, associated with Henry Sturmey, founded early publications on the motor industry and cycling. His father also founded the Coventry Evening Telegraph, which Edward began working on at age 17. [1]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Evening Telegraph is a common newspaper name, and may refer to: Evening Telegraph, Scotland; Evening Telegraph, Ireland, published 1871–1924. Coventry Evening Telegraph, England, now the Coventry Telegraph; Derby Evening Telegraph, England, now the Derby Telegraph; Grimsby Evening Telegraph, England, now the Grimsby Telegraph
Gillian Kluane Muirhead Tanner GM (13 March 1919 – 24 January 2016) was a British firefighter.Tanner was the only female firefighter to be awarded the George Medal during the Second World War.
Alfred Robert Grindlay CBE, JP, was born in Coventry in 1876, son of William Vaughan Grindlay (1843 – 1891). Upon leaving school, Alfred joined a local cycle firm and began learning the skills he would employ to great effect later in his career and by 1901 be was working at Riley Cycle Company, one of the major firms in the Coventry.